While it was created primarily as an Adobe Premiere testing ground, it serves as a nice window to early LP culture and mid to late 00s Sonic fandom and internet culture, as seen through the eyes of a Gen Xer who was neck deep in the trenches since Sonic's early days. It's a very interesting piece of surreal comedy, something all of docfuture's vids excelled at.

It also aged surprisingly well aside from an instance of the F-slur in the Make Your Own Sonic 2 SE Video video. As a gay AMAB agender person, I'm unaffected, but it's something to watch out for. I'd say I'd like to see something like this again, but like NiGHTS into Dreams, also a Sega game, making it a series wouldn't work. Closest thing we have are essentially stuff like Mario Party DS Anti-Piracy, Personalized Mario 64, scrupulous_fingore.

It also echoes back to an old bit of Sonic fandom culture, the hoaxes in sites such as Moogle Cavern and Sonic Vegemite, where people would just Photoshop nonsense situations into a Sonic game using official and fanmade assets such as new characters, a humorous (usually unfunny, early 00s internet humor is pretty lackluster) set up, a new zone or stage...

As someone who was neck deep in Sonic fandom since 2003 but stepped back a bit since Rise of Lyric's release (fool me once Sega, I'm glad BRB bounced back from that), this series is extremely nostalgic for me, it has a very "comfort food" vibe to it. raocow may be the only LPer I follow these days but S2SE will always hold a special place in my heart.

Sonic 2 Special Edition is truly a timeless classic.

cybershell used the same music for the badnik watch as this game does in its zones. this game was a hoax also... coincidence? nope. i don't fuckin think so.

I'm sorry but I realized that it's fake since the beginning. That intro song is actually from MegaDriver band, recorded in 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UxWeJLVfAE

So, here I am, minding my own business, when this comes along. I really wouldn't call this an lp, first off. I spent a good hour watching it in absolute shock before I figured that out. If I had to put a name on it, it would be an lp parody. If you watch a lot of lp's, or play a lot of video games, then this is for you. If you're looking for an actual game in here someplace, or for the video to slow down so that your brain can catch up, you'll be let down. Just sit back, relax, and try to hold on. This is something that comes along once in a great while.